How to convert pesky .m4a to .mp3

I recently got a bunch of m4a files from a mac user from her band...I know I can play it with amarok but not xmms. Also why not just use mp3s which you know everyone and their grandma can use. So below is a quick bash script to automate the process. I'm sure there is a quicker way...but you can use this to convert to mp3s or ogg vorbis or whatever format you like.

Re: How to convert pesky .m4a to .mp3

You should try downloading a program called "gnormalize". It will allow you to convert one or an entire directory of MP4 files into MP3 or another output format. Works great, and has a graphical interface to boot.

Re: How to convert pesky .m4a to .mp3

Originally Posted by dbeckham32

You should try downloading a program called "gnormalize". It will allow you to convert one or an entire directory of MP4 files into MP3 or another output format. Works great, and has a graphical interface to boot.

thanks for the info will install it on my desktop. I wrote the script for the fileserver which holds my music which doens't have X installed so I wanted something to do over ssh. However I will definately in the future convert files before I move them to my fileserver. Thanks again

Re: How to convert pesky .m4a to .mp3

just to save anyone reading this in the future a bit of effort. You can go to http://multimedia.t27.ca/ and run the script from that page. When done you will be able to simply right click on the file you wish to convert, and the option will be there in your context menu.

it seemd logical in my newb mind to only put in the part before the first done...just to be safe...dont know what im doing and dont want to mess up something by puting in a bad script, by me not changing a variable correctly or some thing....